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UNPLANNED DOWNTIME: 12th Oct 23:45
Big change in the direction of my guitar buying (and NGD thread)
Just a little reflection in some changes that I've gone through in the last 12 months - there's no reason to believe these changes will last but regardless of that, this last year has seen me do things differently...
Like many of us, I've spent years trading up to get the best guitars I could afford, and I thought I'd achieved the peak when I settled on a small but perfectly formed collection of 3 Patrick James Eggle guitars - I guess I had, all 3 were guitar building perfection, they looked, sounded and played stunning! But then, having spent decades getting to this point, I was struck by something:
Important to say, those reflections are not intended to be a judgement on anyone else's guitar buying preferences and habits, just something of my own struggle, and so after a bit of soul searching, I sold 2 of the 3 PJEs (so far I've kept the Macon as that was the one I'd lusted after the longest). Of course, this posed a new dilemma - what to spend the money on, after all, this money had come from decades of birthdays, buying, selling, saving etc, so it wasn't heading back into the family pot.
I settled on a theory, which so far seems to be working for me - I concluded that I didn't want any guitars that cost more than £1000, and have subsequently bought several guitars (and sold a few of them along the way) in search of ones which seem to work for me, and seem to be best value for money.
The 2 I'll mention here, seem to be great examples of what £1000 can get, and both cost exactly that:
PRS singlecut trem - 2007
PRS CE22 - 2006
I should say, this isn't a PRS fan club post, there have been some other amazing guitars for sub £1000 including 2x carvins, a Gibson Firebird, and ESP), but perhaps I've highlighted these because often PRS are identified with high spec, flashy museum pieces (maybe a bit like the PJEs), but as you'll see with these two, they're fairly plain, both very well played with dings, mods and wear to prove it.
But, moving from my pristine wall art guitars to these, I've found myself loving to play again, perhaps because I'm thinking less about what the guitar is doing and more about what I'm doing - all very philosophical!
Oh, and just to prove this isn't all about PRS, there should be an Epiphone (Gold Glory JJN signature) arriving tomorrow!
(disclaimer - these could all be back up for sale next week as I start saving for the next dream purchase)
Like many of us, I've spent years trading up to get the best guitars I could afford, and I thought I'd achieved the peak when I settled on a small but perfectly formed collection of 3 Patrick James Eggle guitars - I guess I had, all 3 were guitar building perfection, they looked, sounded and played stunning! But then, having spent decades getting to this point, I was struck by something:
- partly imposter syndrome (much as though I loved the guitars, my playing ability didn't even come close to doing them justice)
- partly discomfort about the value (it just seemed like such a lot of money tied up in 3 guitars)
- and partly something about the art of the craft coming before the function (brilliant though they were to play, they were almost too nice for me to thrash about on without worry).
Important to say, those reflections are not intended to be a judgement on anyone else's guitar buying preferences and habits, just something of my own struggle, and so after a bit of soul searching, I sold 2 of the 3 PJEs (so far I've kept the Macon as that was the one I'd lusted after the longest). Of course, this posed a new dilemma - what to spend the money on, after all, this money had come from decades of birthdays, buying, selling, saving etc, so it wasn't heading back into the family pot.
I settled on a theory, which so far seems to be working for me - I concluded that I didn't want any guitars that cost more than £1000, and have subsequently bought several guitars (and sold a few of them along the way) in search of ones which seem to work for me, and seem to be best value for money.
The 2 I'll mention here, seem to be great examples of what £1000 can get, and both cost exactly that:
PRS singlecut trem - 2007
PRS CE22 - 2006
I should say, this isn't a PRS fan club post, there have been some other amazing guitars for sub £1000 including 2x carvins, a Gibson Firebird, and ESP), but perhaps I've highlighted these because often PRS are identified with high spec, flashy museum pieces (maybe a bit like the PJEs), but as you'll see with these two, they're fairly plain, both very well played with dings, mods and wear to prove it.
But, moving from my pristine wall art guitars to these, I've found myself loving to play again, perhaps because I'm thinking less about what the guitar is doing and more about what I'm doing - all very philosophical!
Oh, and just to prove this isn't all about PRS, there should be an Epiphone (Gold Glory JJN signature) arriving tomorrow!
(disclaimer - these could all be back up for sale next week as I start saving for the next dream purchase)
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Those satin models are effectively the same as their flashy cousins other than the maple top. - Same luthiers , attention to detail , parts pick ups etc etc so no down turn in performance feel playability etc
I would still love to get my hands on one of the satin singlecut soapbar models, but it hasn’t happened… yet!
I think part of the thing for me is not being afraid of buying something that's a bit dinged - with my PJEs I was buying into a collector's item market where condition was everything whereas my recent purchases have all been a bit abused, meaning they're so much easier for me to abuse!
My only issue with them is that the Seymour Duncan P90s are to powerful and not vintage enough- Maybe be fine with more gain but not ideal for me